We have been trying to get some work done at the back of our garden for about 6 months now and have had 4 different landscapers come to look at it.
The work is to take down the back fence, bordering a private road, and 16 metres of side fencing to our two neighbours, remove an old planter (approx 6x3m) and clear out the rubbish left by the previous owner to about 8metres into the garden.
We then want the area, 12 x 8 metres brought up to level with a small retaining wall to the front with new fencing to the rear and sides to about 8 feet high, then importing around 20m³ of soil and geotextile laid and finishing with bark for the kids to have their trampoline on and use as a play area.
The first guy looked at it from the kitchen wall, about 60 feet away and said "oh, about £1500 I think should cover it" the next one came and spent about a half an hour looking and making notes and chatting with me and the missus (he used to go to school with her!) and never came back to us, when I chased him he said he was too busy!
The other 2 came recently and I haven't heard a bean from them since, I have followed up my inquiry with an email/text to see where things are but have had no response. All of their check a trade profiles give rave reviews and 10 out of 10 so why won't they come back to us with prices and start times.
The job isn't too big for them, about a weeks work in total with machinery and skips etc. but they don't seem interested, why? It's nothing bigger or more complicated than whats on their web pages.
I though this was the time of people not having enough work and keen to get the next job sorted and eager to make money, I just can't understand it. Do they think we can't afford it or are wasting their time or something?????
This has also happened with works inside the house too, carpenters, plumbers etc coming to have a look but taking it no further!!
It makes me rather angry that this keeps happening, we want to get things moving in the house and garden and are increasingly frustrated by this, I have the skills to carry out most of the works but as its two handed and I don't have any friends can't complete these thing and don't want to give my precious weekends away to constant DIY.
We also have the money set aside to complete these things one at a time (and are prepared to pay cash if it helps) so WHY oh WHY don't they come back to US??!!
The work is to take down the back fence, bordering a private road, and 16 metres of side fencing to our two neighbours, remove an old planter (approx 6x3m) and clear out the rubbish left by the previous owner to about 8metres into the garden.
We then want the area, 12 x 8 metres brought up to level with a small retaining wall to the front with new fencing to the rear and sides to about 8 feet high, then importing around 20m³ of soil and geotextile laid and finishing with bark for the kids to have their trampoline on and use as a play area.
The first guy looked at it from the kitchen wall, about 60 feet away and said "oh, about £1500 I think should cover it" the next one came and spent about a half an hour looking and making notes and chatting with me and the missus (he used to go to school with her!) and never came back to us, when I chased him he said he was too busy!
The other 2 came recently and I haven't heard a bean from them since, I have followed up my inquiry with an email/text to see where things are but have had no response. All of their check a trade profiles give rave reviews and 10 out of 10 so why won't they come back to us with prices and start times.
The job isn't too big for them, about a weeks work in total with machinery and skips etc. but they don't seem interested, why? It's nothing bigger or more complicated than whats on their web pages.
I though this was the time of people not having enough work and keen to get the next job sorted and eager to make money, I just can't understand it. Do they think we can't afford it or are wasting their time or something?????
This has also happened with works inside the house too, carpenters, plumbers etc coming to have a look but taking it no further!!
It makes me rather angry that this keeps happening, we want to get things moving in the house and garden and are increasingly frustrated by this, I have the skills to carry out most of the works but as its two handed and I don't have any friends can't complete these thing and don't want to give my precious weekends away to constant DIY.
We also have the money set aside to complete these things one at a time (and are prepared to pay cash if it helps) so WHY oh WHY don't they come back to US??!!
